The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-26

ago, with a Yankee who had insl1ted
Southern womanhood. Later in the day
United States Deputy Marshal reached the
city IN search of Allen, who was wanted IN
North Carolina for handling counterfeit
money.
At Edgefeld Sheriff Wright has received
a telegram giving the intelligence OF the
arrest at Greenwood of Ephraim Mays, one
Of the negroes implicated in the murder OF
Jake Burk. 1t is thought that Edd Dean,
who is also charged with being one of the
murderers, is in and about Greenwood, and
his arrest is hourly expected. This murder,
horrible in detail an execution, has caused
righteous indignation amongst the negroes
| of the community. and they are loud IN
their demand for vengeance. The where
abouts of the wife and sister of the muir
dered man is vet unknown, and may likely
remain so unless reward for their capture
is offered.
At Chester Tuesday, preliminary exao-
ination was held before Trial Justice Leckle
| in the case of the parties charged with whip
| ping a white woman near there a few weeks
! ago. All the defendants, Garland Smith,
Walker Smith, Fitz Brawley, John McCar-
| ley, Robert Jamison and Dave Cool were
present. Mamie Crawford, the prosecuting
| witness gave a long and minute account of
the whipping affair Sne told how the reg
ulatoIs" broke open the house, made her
get up and dress herself carried her away
! on a horse some distance and there whipped
her She stated positively that the defend
ants were the parties who committed the
act. OF course they deny the charge. They
were bound over for trial at the March term
of the court.
Chief Harrison, of the Catawba Indians
of York county, was in Columbia Wednes-
| day on business for his tribe The unfor
| tunate red men are in bad condition. The
tribe has dwindled to eighty-two members,
and their reservation, originally many
thousand acres, is now som sthing less than
seven hundred acres The Indians have
leased tracts of land to white people, and it
| is probable that many Of these leases will
| expire in a few years. Whether the In
| dams will be able to regain possession of
| their lands after they have been occupied
| by white families for half century and up
ward, is a question. The Indians have pc
citioned the Governor to have certain law
| less white men elected from their lands
| They also ask that their chief, Harrison, be
| made the agent for the tribe instead of
paying a white man 800 year out of their
| appropria ton to act as their agent. The
| tribe IS in destitute circumstances.
A difficulty occurred at Bishopyille,
| twenty-five miles above Sumter, Wednes-
| day between d. F. Keels, a lawyer at that
| place, and 2. g. Bowman, Jr., the editor
| and proprietor of the Bishopvile Enterprise,
| in which the latter received a wound from
| pistol shot. Mr.. Keels visited Bishopville
armed, and, accompanied by a friend
| either called Mr.. Bowman from his place of
| business, or, making it apparent that he de
| sired to see him for the purpose of settling
| the matter, Mr.. Bowman made his appear
ance, whereupon they both drew pistols
but gentleman standing near Immediately
| interfered and said there should be no
shooting there The pistols were then taken
| from them or given up by them, They
then closed upon each other for a fight
| Several blows were passed, when the by
ISLANDERS separated them, and as Mr. Bow
| man turned to enter his store Mr. Keels
| drew a second pistol and fired two shots, the
| first taking effect in the hip, producing
a flesh wound, the ball striking the bone and
| glancing off.
The eighteenth annual communication of
| the NJ. w. Grand Lodge of the A. f. and
| A Y. Masons of the State of South Caro-
lima and jurisdiction was holden atBennetts-
vile on Dec. -, A. L. 5SS7, in Landmark
Masonic Hall, with the NJ. W.Grand Master
| j. NJ. Morris i'll the chair. The working
| lodges of the jurisdiction were all repre-
| sented, and their reports showed them to be
| in healthy condition. The annual address
of the Grand Master, and the reports of the
various committees were alike instructive
| ard gratifying. The election of officers for
the ensuing year resulted as follows:
| NJ. w, John NJ. Morris, c. NJ, Charleston
| r. W., J. s. Wilson, d. G.. NJ Charles
W., Sumter; r. w. w j. Bradford, G. j.
w, Florence; r. W. NJ. E. Brown. G.
| Treasurer, Charleston; r. w Z. J. Saw
| yer, G. Secretary, Bennettsville: r. w l.
| p Brockington, G. Chaplain, Darlington
r. W. E. II. johnson, G: Pursuivant, Or
augsburg; r. w. E. F. Patterson, G.. Mar
shal, Marion: r. w. D. NJ Pierce, G.. Lee
s. d., Bennettsville; r. w. B. James, G. j.
D., Marion; K. w. Thomas Mccall, G. S.
s., Charleston; r. w. II. NJ. Reid G. j. S.
| Orangeburg; r. w. Lee Robinson G.
| Tier, Florence. The next annual comnun-
ication will be holden in Charleston, s. c.,
on the second Tuesday in December, A L.
| 1888.
Counsel for Solomon Aultman has for
warded to the Governor an earnest letter
asking for pardon. The case is very pecu-
liar. Aultmaii was convicted in 1878 at
Edgefield of manslaughter. The jury rec
| commended him to mercy. Another man
| Richard Lundy, was convicted of the same
offense, but in different case from Auit-
man. Judge Aldrich, presiding, was under
| the impression that recent act of the As
| sembly had changed the punishment OF
|
thirty years. to Imprisonment for life, so he
sentenced both of these convicts to inpris-
onment for life, They were committed to
the penitentiary, and after six years Mr..
Montieth secured Lundy's pardon A simi-
lar application for Aultman was refused be-
cause of an uufavorable recommendation
from Judge Aldrich. An, appeal was then
taken from the erroneous sentence, and
there was much discussion as to
whether the appeal was not toe
late. Mr. Montieth convinced the
Supreme Court that there was then
no limit to the time of appeal in criminal
cases, and the Supreme Court held that the
conviction was regular, but the sentence
wrong and tho Court ordered Aultman to
be sent back TO Edgeield to be legally sen.
fenced, and he was taken back to Edge
field, July, 1885, and re-sentenced by Judge
Kershaw. A letter from Judge Aldrich
read by Solicitor Bonham, caused the new
sentence to be fixed at twenty-three years,
and that he is now serving. Judge Kershaw
Immediately wrote to Gov. Thompson
recommending pardon, and this was fled by
Mr.. Montieth, who removed to New York
to live, and during his absence this was ro-
fused. On his'return he has again taken up
the case and is pressing it earnestly.
Another petition is in circulation in Edge
field, where it is said to be the unanimous
opinion that pardon should be granted
| Aultman is said to be an invalid and unable